Defying Textbook Science, Study Finds New Role for Proteins

Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Results from a study published on Jan. 2 in Science defy textbook science, showing for the first time that the building blocks of a protein, called amino acids, can be assembled without blueprints - DNA and an intermediate template called messenger RNA (mRNA). A team of researchers has observed a case in which another protein specifies which amino acids are added.

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